Undergarment



Oct. 7, 1941. J. T. FLAGG v 2,258,411

V UNDERGARMENT Filed Sept. 26, 1939 I 1% W" Z -INVENTOR Jaweff 'nFlqc W4 Wyn-121W ATTORNEYS throughout one edge to the panelI I by means of 22 and'23 consist of two plies.

Patented Oct. 7, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Gardiner-Warring Company,

Inc., Florence,

Ala., a corporation of Alabama Application September 26, 1939, Serial No. 296,562

1 Claim.

wearer closely but still have elastic sections to compensate for the movement of the legs and I joints. It is desirable and necessary therefore that such a garment be constructed with its elasl tic parts at a point where the action of the limbs requires expansion and contraction, and its supporting parts at points where flexibility is not essential and where a certain amount of rigidity is necessary to offer the desired support and to keep the garment in shape.

Further objects and advantages will be parent as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawing- Fig. 1 is a front view of a garment embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof;

, Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

I provide a waistband II] which is preferably of elastic material in order that it may conform readily to the waist of the wearer. Stitched to the waistband I0 is a continuous panel II which extends at its top portion from approximately the center I 2 of the waistband II] in front completely around the garment back to the center of the. waistband Ill.

The panel II is so cut as to be considerably narrower at its bottom portions I3 and I4 in the front to form an inverted V between said bottom portions I3 and I4 and the center of the waistband I0.

Between the edges of the panel II at the front "is a substantially diamond-shaped center portion at another edge to the other edge of the panel I I by the rigid tape H. An opening I8 is left between the panel II and the tape I! to form a fly. A panel 20 similar to the panel I5 is fastened 5 the rigid tape I1 and partially fastened to the panel II by'means of the tape I6, there being an opening 2| aii'orded to complete the fly.

define the sections 22 and 23. Since the panels I5 and 20 fully overlap at this point, the sections In the rear the panel I I extends downwardly to form a seat 26 which is joined by the seam 21 r to the sections 22 and 23 and the tapes 24 and 25 to complete the garment.

The panel II is cut away to form the leg openings 30 and 3| which may be-doubled or otherwise reinforced by stitch ing as at 32 for strength. Across the panel II at the rear are two tapes 33 and 36 which extend from a point 35 at approximately the center of the back to the leg openings 30 and 3I to form an inverted V. These tapes 33 and 34 are of relatively inelastic material and tend to support the garment and the body of the wearer.

While the fabric from which the garment is to be made may be either knitted or woven, a knitted garment offers more elasticity except where reinforced by the tapes I6 and I1 and 33 and 34.

It will be seen that in the construction of my garment the tapes form three V shaped portions, one extending from the center of the front to either leg, another from the center of the back to either leg, and a third from the center of the crotch upwardly to either leg. These tapes tend to support parts of the body while at the same time allowing flexibility in the seat and at the side portions where stretch is needed.

I claim:

A mans undergarment including a body formed of one piece of material elastic and stretchable in one direction and substantially non-elastic and non-stretchable at right angles to the first direction positioned to be elastic and stretchable circumferentially of the garment and extending from the top to the bottom of the garment and also from a line near the front center of the garment around to a second line spaced near but from the center of the garment, a pair of superimposed panels positioned between said lines and extending across the front center of the garment,

said panels at the upper part being formed sub-.

stantially A-shaped with the apex at the top of the body and at the lower end formed substantially rectangular with the free end extending to the crotch of the garment, stitching connecting the side edges of said panels to the end edges of said body, said body and said panels at their lower ends being formed with leg openings, one of said panels in said A-shaped upper part being provided with a fly opening on one side and the other panel being provided with a fly opening on the other side, said fly opening being in the same horizontal plane, a reinforcing tape along the two side edges of the A-shaped upper part, a V-shaped reinforcing tape structure extending from the base of said A-shaped upper part to the crotch of the garment, and a pair of A-shaped reinforcing tapes at the rear of the garment extending from the center of the top edge of said body to the respective leg openings.

JEWETT T. FLAGG. 

